{"product_id":"how-did-i-get-here-jesse-browner-9780062275707","title":"How Did I Get Here?: Making Peace with the Road Not Taken: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eA literary exploration that asks seeks to answer the question: Have I lived the life I intended?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse Browner, a novelist with a full-time job at the United Nations, has written a book reminiscent of the \u003cem\u003eTalking Heads\u003c\/em\u003e classic song \"Once in a Lifetime.\" Based on an essay he wrote for \u003cem\u003ePoets and Writers Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, Browner asks hard questions about life choices, about the tendency to believe there is a parallel life that might have been more fulfilling or more free. He wonders: Is the true artist made by single-minded devotion to his craft? Do we compromise our dreams in service to responsibilities to family and jobs?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese questions prompted Browner to take a hard look at himself and the evolution that brought him to this moment of existential doubt. In \u003cem\u003eHow Did I Get Here?\u003c\/em\u003e he divides his adult life into five distinct phases--ambition, love, work, fulfillment, and serenity. Sketching portraits of himself at every stage, he looks for idiosyncrasies, commonalities, and clues--signposts that lead him to today. He also draws on the lives of others, from Franz Kafka to his sister to indie rocker Elliott Smith, in search of understanding. What he finds in his courageous quest is bravely honest and inspiring, touching on what it means to live a life with intention and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesse Browner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062275704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062275707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Jesse Browner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981432750335,"sku":"9780062275707","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a731dc3-2240-4f2d-ac15-2d186cf1784b.jpg?v=1683255539","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-did-i-get-here-jesse-browner-9780062275707","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}